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Soaps, songs, stars: Manipur's Korea wave
Nagaland Post | Anjulika Thingnam (Women’s Feature Service)
If you get an invite on your Facebook account from a friend whose name, birthday and address resembles that of your long-lost friend from Manipur, but whose profile pictures doesn’t look like her but more like a Korean rap star, don’t be surprised. Go ahead and “Accept” the friend request because, believe it or not, Manipuris, today, are hooked on everything Korean.
From profile pictures on Facebook and Orkut accounts to mobile ringtones, haircuts, nicknames, lingo, cuisine, films and fashion, teenagers, young professionals and even housewives in the state have become ardent followers of the culture of a country that lies more than 2,000 miles away.
So much so that when Jeong Seok, 35, came to Imphal from the South Korean capital of Seoul recently to take part in a food festival, he felt completely at home. As he was setting up his stall, he says, “A girl walked up to me and spoke to me in Korean. I wondered if she was Korean but then many other girls came up and chatted to me in Korean.”
Seok’s ‘kimchi’ (traditional fermented Korean dish made of vegetables) and ‘kim-bap’ (made from steamed white rice [bap] and other ingredients, rolled in sheets of dried laver seaweed [gim]) were the highlights of the food fair and, needless to say, Seok was thrilled to discover the popularity of his culture here. “It is so surprising. I am happy I came here,” he gushes.
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* This Post is uploaded on June 23 2011.
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